Once Upon A Wish

(via Joe.My.God)

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Music: Martha Wainwright

I cannot sing. This is an immutable law of nature, like Newton's laws. It's quite possible that were I to sing some cosmic calamity would ensue. I used to be quite sad about this. I think singing by those gifted with beautiful voices is a sure sign that God exists.

One voice that I've been listening to a lot recently is Martha Wainwright. I first heard her signing with Snow Patrol on "Set Fire to the Third Bar."

After hearing this, I new I needed to hear more.

I bought Martha's EP, "I Will Internalize," and her two full length CDs, "Martha Wainwright" and "I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too." They did not disappoint. Here voice is rich and warm and brittle and vulnerable all at once. One of my favorite tracks is her song, "Factory."


Her rendition of "Stormy Weather" (from brother Rufus's Judy! show) is sublime.


Enjoy!

American Prayer

From Dave Stewart (of Eurhythmics) with help from some friends.

Shelter Music

I've already written about how much I enjoyed the movie Shelter. As much as I have enjoyed the characters and story in the film, a good part of its appeal to me is the music. I not only purchased the soundtrack but I so enjoyed the music that I tracked down additional music from the artists who appear on the soundtrack. I have particularly enjoyed the music of the band Foreign Born (see their blog here; MySpace). The lead singer of Foreign Born, Matthew Popieluch, sings two songs on the Shelter soundtrack. They are not a band I had ever heard of before but I really like their music. I'm looking forward to the new CD the band is working on.

From Crackle: Foreign Born - Revenge of The Sunset Strip

I also bought additional music by Shane Mack and Stewart Lewis. Shane has the big single from the movie, "Lie to Me." He also has three other songs on the soundtrack. He doesn't seem to have a CD out yet but can hear more of his music on his MySpace page.



I do like "Lie to Me," but I like "More Than This" even more.



Stewart Lewis (MySpace) has only one song, "Time to Time," on the Shelter soundtrack. He also has an EP, 2 CDs, and 2 books out.